Exodus 20:13 Go deeper

Thou shalt not kill. (KJV)

Hebrew words tap a word

לֹ֥֖אlo'not

Lemma: לֹא (lo) · Strong's: H3808

Parsing: Particle · Negative (HTn)

Meaning: not

Used 5165 times. Also: Genesis 2:5, Genesis 2:17, Genesis 2:18, Genesis 2:20, Genesis 2:25, Genesis 3:1 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3808; TAHOT Exodus 20:13 word 1

תִּֿרְצָֽ֖ח\׃\ \סtre.Tzachyou must murder

Lemma: רָצַח (ra.tsach) · Strong's: H7523

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Second · Masculine · Singular (HVqi2ms)

Meaning: to murder

Used 47 times. Also: Numbers 35:6, Numbers 35:11, Numbers 35:12, Numbers 35:16, Numbers 35:17, Numbers 35:18 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H7523; TAHOT Exodus 20:13 word 2

How the BSB renders it

Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.

You shall not	→	לֹא H3808 not
murder	→	רָצַח H7523 to murder

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Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).

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